Lawyer Bio

Mr. Garner, a Member of the firm is a trial lawyer specializing in commercial and complex litigation. He has been lead counsel in cases in New Mexico, California, West Virginia, Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, involving complex and class action litigation ranging from asbestos exposure, benzene exposure, mass closings of big box retailers, noise pollution, commercial, banking, bankruptcy and financial litigation. He is admitted to practice before the federal courts in Arkansas and all courts in Texas and Louisiana. He serves as regional counsel for several companies.

Mr. Garner is very active in the oil and gas field, being a chemical engineer and former drilling engineer. He represents a number of companies as claimants in the BP Macondo Litigation. Mr. Garner is also lead counsel for Texas Brine Company in defending and prosecuting its claims in the Bayou Corne sinkhole litigation.

Mr. Garner has extensive appellate argument experience by regularly arguing before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the Louisiana Courts of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was unanimously appointed by the Tulane Faculty to Adjunct Lecturer in Law for the Fall 2014 Semester, teaching Advanced Appellate Advocacy at Tulane University School of Law.

While attending Tulane Law School, Mr. Garner served as a member of the Board of Editors for 1987-1988 and managing editor of the Tulane Law Review for 1988-1989. He is also a member of the Order of the Coif. As an undergraduate at Tulane, he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, Omega Chi Epsilon, and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary societies.

Professional and civic activities include: American (member); Louisiana (member) and Federal (Director, Membership Chair, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, President Elect and Vice-President, President and National Council Delegate, member) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (member); Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (member); Louisiana Bankers Association (member); Holy Cross High School (Board Member); Our Lady of Holy Cross College (Development Board); Tulane University (Admissions Council and Externship Committee); Tulane Law Review Board of Advisory Editors; St. Catherine of Siena Cub Scout Pack 230 Den Leader.

Chambers and Partners 2007 - 2016 USA Rankings in Litigation – Key Individuals: “The highly regarded James Garner is well versed in class action work, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in areas such as noise pollution, banking and the energy sec

New Orleans CityBusiness - 2016 Leadership in Law Honoree

Areas of Expertise:

Appellate

Asbestos

Automobile

Aviation

Aviation Litigation

Banking

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy and Creditors'-Debtors' Rights

Business Disputes

Class Actions

Complex Litigation

Construction

Defendants

Environmental

Federal

Fiduciary Duties

Insurance

Insurance Coverage

Insurance Defense

Intellectual Property

Litigation

Mass Tort

Pharmaceutical

Plaintiffs

Product Liability

Supreme Court

Toxic Tort

Additional Information:

Practice Areas

Complex Commercial Litigation

Toxic Tort and Environmental Litigation

Professional Liability Litigation

Insurance Coverage Litigation

Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Litigation

Contracts

Business

Lawyer Client Comments

"Jim Garner is a responsive, intelligent attorney who effectively manages the cases he is responsible for."

"Jim Garner is a tough, aggressive and incredibly intelligent attorney with an experienced staff at his disposal. This is a firm that you want to have in your back pocket. "

Lisa Armon, Resolute Management, Inc.

"Jim Garner is the gunslinger that you want representing you when matters get nasty. You certainly do not want him on the other side of you. He is very unique in that not only is he a superb litigator, but he is a great relationship manager, as well. Jim really does care about you as a client and leaves no doubt that your best interests are being served and protected."

Scott Scher, Implicit Oil & Gas, L.P., Dallas

"Top Notch, intelligent, deep-thinker and can explain anything. He can get right to the core of an issue without dwelling on all the clutter. "

Jeansonne v. New York Life Ins. Co.

Royal Cloud Nine, L.L.C. v. Lafayette Ins. Co.

Sher v. Lafayette Ins. Co.

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